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11/27/2011 10:49 #55610
Sunday BreakfastCategory: eating in
11/24/2011 10:07 #55588
Murderous thoughts in Albany.Category: tourism
What I would very much like to do right now is to get off this train and personally strangle everyone, who is chugging on their fags on the platform, to a bloody, airless, suffocating and gruesome death... and finish off by stomping on their cancer sticks.
The cigarette smoke is seeping through the insulation of the windows on the train and making me think of those precise adjectives.
Why doesn't the train move and leave these nutcases behind already??
The station reminds me of this completely delusional storyline in that crazy series, "Spooks" (known here as MI-5) where everyone (who didn't get themselves fried in a kitchen fryer) and their aunt spent most of the season dropping references to something called "Albany". I think I never got to know what it actually was, probably because the plot was so convoluted, it made no sense... and of course I was watching in 15 minutes per weekend sections.
I give up on anything that gives me a logic nightmare when watched in 15 min sections every weekend (or sometimes fortnight). Either that or it should meld gracefully into whatever other 15 minute-section-of-something I am watching.
The cigarette smoke is seeping through the insulation of the windows on the train and making me think of those precise adjectives.
Why doesn't the train move and leave these nutcases behind already??
The station reminds me of this completely delusional storyline in that crazy series, "Spooks" (known here as MI-5) where everyone (who didn't get themselves fried in a kitchen fryer) and their aunt spent most of the season dropping references to something called "Albany". I think I never got to know what it actually was, probably because the plot was so convoluted, it made no sense... and of course I was watching in 15 minutes per weekend sections.
I give up on anything that gives me a logic nightmare when watched in 15 min sections every weekend (or sometimes fortnight). Either that or it should meld gracefully into whatever other 15 minute-section-of-something I am watching.
metalpeter - 11/25/11 17:31
For people who drive take the train not the plane and here is why... You or maybe drive but not the plane.. You have to drive to the airport and park the car (not drivers take a bus) then be there early do the stupid pat down thing.... Now if memory serves all the airports are out side of the city (never been to NYC) so from there you have to find your way into the city.... Now I don't know the city but I know the train lets you off inside the city... Now if you buy anything it gets added to your bag(s) and when you have to go there is the entire getting back out to the airport thing.... NYC don't fly... Again Never been so...... I bet you Cleveland and Toronto and Pitsburgh are all places that it would when you count into it going to the airport are quicker to drive to they have to be and even if they aren't you can take anything you want and not do the body scanners (again not sure where those are)....
For people who drive take the train not the plane and here is why... You or maybe drive but not the plane.. You have to drive to the airport and park the car (not drivers take a bus) then be there early do the stupid pat down thing.... Now if memory serves all the airports are out side of the city (never been to NYC) so from there you have to find your way into the city.... Now I don't know the city but I know the train lets you off inside the city... Now if you buy anything it gets added to your bag(s) and when you have to go there is the entire getting back out to the airport thing.... NYC don't fly... Again Never been so...... I bet you Cleveland and Toronto and Pitsburgh are all places that it would when you count into it going to the airport are quicker to drive to they have to be and even if they aren't you can take anything you want and not do the body scanners (again not sure where those are)....
paul - 11/24/11 17:11
The one thing I hate about Vegas is all the smoke. I can't believe how you can just smoke everywhere. Its like everywhere is as bad as the Seneca Nation Casino.
The one thing I hate about Vegas is all the smoke. I can't believe how you can just smoke everywhere. Its like everywhere is as bad as the Seneca Nation Casino.
YesThatCasey - 11/24/11 13:29
My experience on Amtrak was great. 8 hours to NYC, and while that's an extra hour or so compared to car, the ride was really enjoyable with a lot of beautiful sights.
My experience on Amtrak was great. 8 hours to NYC, and while that's an extra hour or so compared to car, the ride was really enjoyable with a lot of beautiful sights.
paul - 11/24/11 12:57
I took one from South Carolina to Buffalo because I had the tortoise with me and didn't want to stow it on a plane. The engine broke once. Then we hit a snow storm and it really broke. No heat, middle of winter. The part of the trip that was supposed to take 8 hours took 17. Then they ended up having to tow us to NYC where they put us up at hotel pennsylvania and then we continued the next day to Buffalo.
I took one from South Carolina to Buffalo because I had the tortoise with me and didn't want to stow it on a plane. The engine broke once. Then we hit a snow storm and it really broke. No heat, middle of winter. The part of the trip that was supposed to take 8 hours took 17. Then they ended up having to tow us to NYC where they put us up at hotel pennsylvania and then we continued the next day to Buffalo.
tinypliny - 11/24/11 10:49
Whoa. I have NEVER paid $130 for a ticket. Must have been a last minute purchase? You are better off taking the plane if the trip is last minute, unless of course, you are an Amtrak elite member and have accumulated so many points that it pays for most of your trips (my case), even last minute, highest-bucket-price ones.
If not, their weekly sales and promotions are awesome. And if you are making a 14 day (or 25 day? I forget which one...) you get a 25% off on the lowest ticket price on that day. Means you can get to the city on ~$40-$45
Whoa. I have NEVER paid $130 for a ticket. Must have been a last minute purchase? You are better off taking the plane if the trip is last minute, unless of course, you are an Amtrak elite member and have accumulated so many points that it pays for most of your trips (my case), even last minute, highest-bucket-price ones.
If not, their weekly sales and promotions are awesome. And if you are making a 14 day (or 25 day? I forget which one...) you get a 25% off on the lowest ticket price on that day. Means you can get to the city on ~$40-$45
tinypliny - 11/24/11 10:44
Whoa, that is one bad experience. I don't have one unpleasant thing to say about my (now countless) number of Amtrak trips. I think it has definitely improved with time. What you describe sounds like my experience with Greyhound - that I have sworn NEVER EVER to take ever again. They overbooked me and in addition, made me stand in the longest queue of the world for 6 hours. Everyone was pretty much ready to kill everyone else on that queue at the end of it all.
On top of that, the border security in Rochester target me for in-depth document and visa checks and the other passengers hated me for it because it delayed departure from Rochester by another hour. They even called my foreign student office at 12:00 AM to check if I was a genuine student, and not some bombmaker trying to hijack Greyhound buses and drive it into the Kodak building in Rochester or something.
Whoa, that is one bad experience. I don't have one unpleasant thing to say about my (now countless) number of Amtrak trips. I think it has definitely improved with time. What you describe sounds like my experience with Greyhound - that I have sworn NEVER EVER to take ever again. They overbooked me and in addition, made me stand in the longest queue of the world for 6 hours. Everyone was pretty much ready to kill everyone else on that queue at the end of it all.
On top of that, the border security in Rochester target me for in-depth document and visa checks and the other passengers hated me for it because it delayed departure from Rochester by another hour. They even called my foreign student office at 12:00 AM to check if I was a genuine student, and not some bombmaker trying to hijack Greyhound buses and drive it into the Kodak building in Rochester or something.
lilho - 11/24/11 10:25
i took amtrak to nyc once right after 9/11... never again. they told my sis my train had arrived when it hadn't so she was pissed because she thought i was lost. then i had to sit in the dining car for hours until a real seat was open on the way home... i was nearly a 13 hr trip that you can make driving in 6 hrs. and it was 130 for a ticket which was the same price as a pane ticket at the time. i also hate smokers... i hate they way they smell. i think i used to like them and now i think i would barf if i smoked one or have a panic attack. everything about them is so disgusting...
i took amtrak to nyc once right after 9/11... never again. they told my sis my train had arrived when it hadn't so she was pissed because she thought i was lost. then i had to sit in the dining car for hours until a real seat was open on the way home... i was nearly a 13 hr trip that you can make driving in 6 hrs. and it was 130 for a ticket which was the same price as a pane ticket at the time. i also hate smokers... i hate they way they smell. i think i used to like them and now i think i would barf if i smoked one or have a panic attack. everything about them is so disgusting...
11/24/2011 09:19 #55587
Arrgh. Slow is the CameraCategory: i-tech
I have the Nexus One. Which is nice. But its camera speed is from the paleolithic ages. Well, I think things might actually have been faster back then since they always had to outrun some wild beast or other; forget standing there and trying to shoot a honey badger with a Nexus one.
It takes such an E.T.E.R.N.I.T.Y for the camera to fuss through and get ready to finally take shot. Fast moving targets are a complete impossibility.
For instance, I just saw the creepiest life-size nativity scene right in the middle of nowhere somewhere in the middle of NY state, intentionally placed (I am sure) to appeal to the Godless heathen who take the train.
Well, this Godless heathen was unable to take a shot and share the creepinessl! No thanks to slow slow slow camera technology from Nexus One.
Arrrrgh.
It takes such an E.T.E.R.N.I.T.Y for the camera to fuss through and get ready to finally take shot. Fast moving targets are a complete impossibility.
For instance, I just saw the creepiest life-size nativity scene right in the middle of nowhere somewhere in the middle of NY state, intentionally placed (I am sure) to appeal to the Godless heathen who take the train.
Well, this Godless heathen was unable to take a shot and share the creepinessl! No thanks to slow slow slow camera technology from Nexus One.
Arrrrgh.
metalpeter - 11/25/11 17:22
The is no such thing as a creepy Nativity Boo! BOO!..... Ha Guessing someone owns land so they like did something up they all ready had......
The is no such thing as a creepy Nativity Boo! BOO!..... Ha Guessing someone owns land so they like did something up they all ready had......
paul - 11/24/11 14:09
That was ny biggest problem with that phone. I probably would have kept it longer if the camera didn't suck so much. I missed photographing so many cool things because if the latency.
It wasn't specifically a problem with that phone but that era of phones. Its been 60 years in mobile phone years since that phone came out. Doesn't your googbro have a nexus s for you now that the new one came out?
That was ny biggest problem with that phone. I probably would have kept it longer if the camera didn't suck so much. I missed photographing so many cool things because if the latency.
It wasn't specifically a problem with that phone but that era of phones. Its been 60 years in mobile phone years since that phone came out. Doesn't your googbro have a nexus s for you now that the new one came out?
11/24/2011 08:37 #55586
One more reason to take the trainSweet!*
\*only for peeps without a friend with a wifi ;-)
\*only for peeps without a friend with a wifi ;-)
metalpeter - 11/25/11 17:19
Nice.... For those with laptops and Kindles and things like that.....
Nice.... For those with laptops and Kindles and things like that.....
paul - 11/24/11 14:16
That is nice. The plane had wireless but it was $7.95/day or $22/month. I didn't think it was worth it on the way here because I realized too late but I am pretty sure I will get it on the way back.
The Rio hotel also had wireless but it was $13/day for the room or $22/day for room and casino. What a fucking rip off.
The internet in Vegas is so slow. Its unbelievable what a better situation we are in being in a smaller, less populated city.
That is nice. The plane had wireless but it was $7.95/day or $22/month. I didn't think it was worth it on the way here because I realized too late but I am pretty sure I will get it on the way back.
The Rio hotel also had wireless but it was $13/day for the room or $22/day for room and casino. What a fucking rip off.
The internet in Vegas is so slow. Its unbelievable what a better situation we are in being in a smaller, less populated city.
Did Sunday Breakfast at Sweetness 7 on Grant this morning, omigawd, wonderful
Nice
Fuck the Bread give me spoon here is your Jar and here is Mine....HA.... Just cause it sounds good doesn't mean I would like it but grab a spoon and try it on its own also......